54 CARYOPHYLLACEJE. (PINK FAMILY.) 



SUBORDER III. ILLECEBRE^J. THE KNOTWORT FAMILY. 



Character same as of the Chickweed Family, but with dry scale-like 

 stipules, the uppermost leaves rarely alternate, and the 1-celled pods some- 

 times 1 -seeded. 



* Pod (capsule) many-seeded. Styles 3-5. Petals usually conspicuous. 

 14. SPEKQULARIA. Styles 3 -5. Leaves opposite. 



16. SPERGULA. Sty lea 6. Valves of the pod opposite the sepals. Leaves whorled. 

 * Pod (utricle) 1-seeded. Styles 2, often united. Petals bristle-form or none. Stamens 

 plainly inserted on the base of the calyx. 



16. ANYCHIA. Petals none. Sepals flattish, unarmed. 



17. PARONYCHIA. Petals minute or bristle-form. Sepals concave, awncd. 



SUBORDER IV. SCLER ANTHER. THE KNAWEL FAMILY. 



Characters of the preceding, but no stipules, and the sepals more united 

 below into an indurated tube surrounding the utricle ; the stamens inserted 

 at the throat. 



18. SCLERANTUUS. Petals none. Stamens 5 or 10. 



SUBORDER V. MOLLUGINE^E. INDIAN-CHICK WEED FAMILY. 



Stamens alternate with the sepals when of the same number, when fewer 

 alternate with the cells of the 3-celled ovary : otherwise as in Suborders 

 2 and 3. 



19. MOLLUGO. Petals none. Stamens 3 -5. Stigmas 3. Pod 3-celled, many -seeded. 



SUBORDER L SSLENI^E. THE PROPER PINK FAMILY. 



1. DIANTHUS, L. PINK. CARNATION. 



Calyx cylindrical, 5-toothed, supported at the base by 2 or more imbricated 

 bractlets. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod long-stalked, 1-cellcd, 4-valved at the 

 %pex. Seeds flattish: embryo scarcely curved. Ornamental plants, of well- 

 known aspect and value in cultivation, none natives of this country. (Name 

 from Atos, of Jupiter, and avdos, flower, i. e. Jove's own flower.) 



1. I>, ARMERIA, L. (DEPTFORD PINK.) Flo\vers in close clusters; bract- 

 lets of the calyx and bracts lance-awl-form, downy, as long as the tube ; leaves 

 linear, hairy ; flowers small, scentless, rose-color with white dots, crcnate. Q 

 Fields, &c., Pennsylvania and E. Massachusetts. July. (Adv. from Eu.) 



D. CARYOPHYLLUS, L., is the original of the CLOVE-PINK or CARNATION, 

 &c. of the gardens D. BARBA.TUS is the SWEET-WILLIAM or BUNCH PINK 



2. SAPONARIA, L. SOAPWOUT. 



Calyx tubular, terete and even, 5-toothed, naked at the base. Stamens lo 

 Styles 2. Pod short-stalked, 1-celled, or partly 2-celled at the base, 4-toothed at 

 the apex. Embryo coiled into a ring. Flowers cymose-clustered. (Name 



